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U-16 Boys Soccer U14 BOYS SOCCER
The U14 boys’ football team had a mixed year in the Cavan/ In the second match day our team was severely depleted by
Monaghan League and cup during 2012/13. Overall the squad injury and we lost to a strong Castleblaney college side 5-0. The
Back Row: Kevin Elegbede, Steven Abbott, was strong and trained every Thursday under the watchful eye players to show well were John Clarke, Joshua Hall and Mark
Daniel Williamson, BJ Bolaji Gbadebo, Fionnan of Mr Noctor. Fuller. After that our con dence was somewhat shaken and we
Moore, Victor Babatunde, John Awoiale did not get our injured players back in time for the next game
Middle Row: Ayomide Olumide, Jamie Power- In the teams 1st outing in October they really ran riot and beat
Disney, Promise Adekola, Joshua Cherry, Killian St. Mogues 7-1 in a very comfortable victory. A remarkable where we lost 4-1 to Belturbet VEC. Stuart Bell scored for the
Tubman, Ali Aziz, Israel Adediran, Mr. Robertson feature of this game was that Victor Babatunde scored 5 goals Royal and he, along with David Nzewi and William Ebbitt were
Front Row: Matthew Turbitt, Ali Aziz, James the standout players on the day.
Pratt, Philip Pollock, Nigel Kells. and Nigel Kells and David Nzewi notched one apiece. The
Royal Lead 5-0 at half time and did concede a consolation goal We still have a xture against Monaghan Collegiate to play
towards the end of the match. The best players on the day were at the time of writing and we look forward to next year to
Victor Babatunde, Nigel Kills and Killian Tubman. progressing more at this level of football.
By William Ebbitt.

Senior Girls Soccer

U16 BOYS SOCCER 2012/13
Back Row L- R: Chloe Woolley,
Back Row L- R: Chloe Woolley,
We have had a successful year in Under 16 football this year. to reduce the de cit. Sarah Adesanya & Amy Smyth.
Sarah Adesanya & Amy Smyth.
Middle Row L – R: Arlene Heaslip,
The team was captained by James Pratt and backed up We got a walk over against Virginia and got the 3 points as Middle Row L – R: Arlene Heaslip,
Hope Jameson, Helen McDermott, Lorna
by Bolaji Gdabedo as vice-captain. They were coached on they could not eld a team. Hope Jameson, Helen McDermott, Lorna
O’Reilly, Louise Howard, Roseline Awoyale
Tuesday Afternoons by Mr Robertson. O’Reilly, Louise Howard, Roseline Awoyale
We had a great team performance against Bre ne College & Megan Gould.
& Megan Gould.
Our campaign started o with an impressive performance and we got a hard fought draw. We fell behind to an early goal Front Row L – R: Rosie O’ Regan,
Front Row L – R: Rosie O’ Regan,
Ellie Fay – Foran, Hannah McHugh,
against a strong St.Patrick’s Collage team on the 23rd of but equalised in the second half with a well taken penalty Ellie Fay – Foran, Hannah McHugh,
Amy Whitley & Emily Arnold.
October .It was 1-1 at the break after a smart nish from Victor. from Matthew Turbitt. He took a stutter in his run up and sent Amy Whitley & Emily Arnold.
After the break we fell behind to a pair of soft goals, however the keeper the wrong way and red the ball into the bottom
we fought back to take a 4-3 lead with Ali Aziz, Matthew corner. We were under a lot of pressure at times and it took
Turbitt (pen) and Victor nding the back of the net. St. Pats great defending from the backline to keep the score line to
found a late equaliser to draw the game 4-4. The Royal were only 1. Both teams had chances to win the game but in the
unlucky as we had two goals harshly disallowed. end a draw was a fair result.
In November we su ered a defeat at the hands of a very strong At the time of writing we have one more xture to ful l this
Cootehill side as we were beaten 4-1in our second game. We year, at Home V Castleblaney College.
held strong for 60 minutes but conceded 4 soft goals in the By James Pratt & Ali Aziz.
last 30 minute. Matthew Turbitt scored a late consolation goal GIRLS SOCCER

2012/13 was a busy year for girls soccer. We had three teams, of Our 1st year girls also competed in the indoor futsal competiton
U-14 Boys Soccer which the under 16s were the most successful. We topped our held in Cavan. All in all a very successful and eventful year, with
four team group with wins over schools from Carrickmacross, a big thank you to Mr. Plunkett our coach for putting up with us
Monaghan town and from Castleblayney. The best win was a for the year!
4-1 victory over St. Louis Carrickmacross. This was a great run of
Back Row: David Nzewi, Joshua Hall, Michael Helen McDermott
Nzewi, Victor Babatunde, Killian Tubman, William success for the team and the were con dent heading into the
Ebbitt, Paul Young Ulster semi Finals. However We were beaten by Scoil Mhuire, Girls Soccer Futsal Team 1st years
Middle Row: John Clarke, Stewart Bell, Israel Buncrana, but it was great to get that far in the competition.
Adeyemi, Adam Moorehead, Tiwani Akinlabi,
Mark Fuller, Mr. Noctor. Our senior team played Wilson’s in a friendly but were very
Front Row: Osama Aziz, Nigel Kells, Philip unlucky to be drawn against Mulroy College, the All-Ireland
Pollock, Eoin Hannick, Michael Willson
champions in the Ulster cup. We su ered a heavy defeat, but it
was no shame to be beaten by the best team in Ireland.

Our under 14s played two friendly matches, losing to Wilson’s
but nishing on a high with a 3-0 victory over Belturbet V.S.

Back Row L – R: Sophia Kelvin, Gemma Dugdale, Sarah Cherry
Back Row L – R: Sophia Kelvin, Gemma Dugdale, Sarah Cherry
& Sydney Sweeney. Front Row L – R: Grace Komolafe,
Jennifer Sonaike, Nicole Higgins & Emma Fannin.
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